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Month: June 2024

Hunter Biden next faces sentencing in gun case

By Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — Following Tuesday’s guilty verdict, Hunter Biden now faces the next phase in the criminal justice system: sentencing. While the three felonies Biden was convicted of carry a maximum sentence of more than two dozen years behind bars, the sentencing guideline, former federal prosecutor Tim Jansen told CNN, is between 15 and 21

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House GOP votes to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt over Biden audio recordings

By Annie Grayer, Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — House Republicans voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over the audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interviews with former special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Biden’s handling of classified material and declined to bring charges. The vote

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House votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt for withholding Biden audio

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified documents case, Republicans’ latest and strongest rebuke of the Justice Department as partisan conflict over the rule of law

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NBA legend Jerry West dies aged 86

By Amy Woodyatt, Jill Martin, Kevin Dotson and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Jerry West – legendary NBA player and inspiration for the league’s current logo – has died, according to the Los Angeles Clippers. He was 86. The Clippers said West passed away Wednesday morning with his wife Karen by his side. NBA Commissioner

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3 deputies shot while responding to northern Illinois home, suspect also wounded, official says

By TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press DIXON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say three sheriff’s deputies have been shot while responding to a northern Illinois home. Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said at a Wednesday news conference that the deputies were shot while responding to a report that someone inside the home was threatening to kill themself

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Argentine riot police disperse protesters with water cannons and tear gas ahead of key Senate vote

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Riot police in Argentina’s capital have fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters who threw Molotov cocktails and stones outside Congress, escalating tensions as lawmakers prepare to vote on state overhaul and tax bills proposed by President Javier Milei. Wednesday’s vote is a

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